Annotation:Malcolm Graham
X:1 T:Malcolm Graham M:2/4 L:1/8 B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks or the provenance of his N:ms. but it is probable he was from England. N:His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had possibly N:been in the possession of his descendants. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F FF/C/ AA/F/|cc/A/ f2|cc d/c/B/A/ |c/B/A/B/ G2| FF/C/ AA/F/|cc/A/ f2|e/g/f/e/ c/e/d/=B/|c/=B/c/d/ c2|| b/a/g/f/ e/f/g/e/|fa/f/ c2|cccd/e/|ff/g/ a2| b/a/g/f/ e/f/g/e/|fa/f/ c2|B/c/d/e/ g/f/e/d/|cBc z2|| M:6/8 a>gf fed|cA_B c2 z|a>gf fef|g<c' z z2z| a>gf fed|cAB c2z|f2f feg|g2 f z2z||
MALCOLM GRAHAM. AKA - "Malcolm Greame," "Malcolm Graeme." English, Air (2/4 & 6/8 time). D Major (Carlisle ms.): F Major (Burks). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Malcolm Graeme is a character in Sir Walter Scott's epic verse masterwork The Lady of the Lake (1810). He is a young knight loyal to the King but moved by sympathy at the plight of Douglases, and it is Malcolm who is fair Ellen's love interest. She ends up marrying him at the end.
The third strain of the tune is "My bonny lies over the ocean."
